Wisconsin is among the few states that played a decisive factor in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss. This year, the state made headlines because of a flawed primary election that took place towards the beginning of the pandemic. Election officials struggled to keep up with absentee ballot requests, thousands of mail ballots were ultimately rejected, and when it came to in-person voting, photos of people waiting in line for hours, at the height of the pandemic, went viral.
Wisconsin Elections Commission AdministratorMeagan Wolfe, Politics Reporter and Washington Bureau Chief for the Milwaukee Journal SentinelCraig Gilbert, andWisconsin Public Radio’sLaurel White dissect Wisconsin’spolitical landscape and share how seriously we should be taking polling.
Also,Black voters are the backbone of the Democratic Party. They are one of the party’s most reliable voting blocs and failing to secure their votes will have significant electoral consequences. There is also a significant generational gap between younger Black Americans who feel alienated from traditional politics and older Black voters who are typically loyal to the Democratic Party. Vice President and Chief of Campaigns at Color of ChangeArisha Hatch shares how Black voters are thinking about the voting process.
These conversations are part of a series calledEvery Vote Counts.
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